Outstanding Production

• Dark Victory
• Gone With the Wind
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Love Affair
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Ninotchka
• Of Mice and Men
• Stagecoach
• The Wizard of Oz
• Wuthering Heights

Best Actor

• Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind
• Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights
• Mickey Rooney, Babes in Arms
• James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Best Actress

• Bette Davis, Dark Victory
• Irene Dunne, Love Affair
• Greta Garbo, Ninotchka
• Greer Garson, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Brian Aherne, Juarez
• Harry Carey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Brian Donlevy, Beau Geste
• Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach
• Claude Rains, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Olivia de Havilland, Gone With the Wind
• Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wuthering Heights
• Hattie McDaniel, Gone With the Wind
• Edna May Oliver, Drums Along the Mohawk
• Maria Ouspenskaya, Love Affair

Directing

• Frank Capra, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Victor Fleming, Gone With the Wind
• John Ford, Stagecoach
• Sam Wood, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• William Wyler, Wuthering Heights

Writing

• Original Story
  • Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey, Love Affair
  • Lewis R. Foster, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Felix Jackson, Bachelor Mother
  • Melchior Lengyel, Ninotchka
  • Lamar Trotti, Young Mr. Lincoln
• Screenplay
  • Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Billy Wilder, Ninotchka
  • Sidney Buchman, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, Wuthering Heights
  • Sidney Howard, Gone With the Wind
  • Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sherriff and Claudine West, Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Joseph H. August, Gunga Din
  • Norbert Brodine, Of Mice and Men
  • George Folsey, Lady of the Tropics
  • Tony Gaudio, Juarez
  • Bert Glennon, Stagecoach
  • Arthur Miller, The Rains Came
  • Victor Milner, The Great Victor Herbert
  • Gregg Toland, Intermezzo
  • Gregg Toland, Wuthering Heights
  • Joseph Valentine, First Love
  • Joseph Walker, Only Angels Have Wings
• Color
  • Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan, Gone With the Wind
  • Georges Perinal and Osmond Borradaile, Four Feathers
  • Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
  • Ray Rennahan and Bert Glennon, Drums Along the Mohawk
  • Hal Rosson, The Wizard of Oz
  • William V. Skall and Bernard Knowles, The Mikado

Art Direction

• Lionel Banks, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• James Basevi, Wuthering Heights
• William Darling and George Dudley, The Rains Came
• Hans Dreier and Robert Odell, Beau Geste
• Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning, The Wizard of Oz
• Anton Grot, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• Charles D. Hall, Captain Fury
• John Victor Mackay, Man of Conquest
• Jack Otterson and Martin Obzina, First Love
• Van Nest Polglase and Al Herman, Love Affair
• Alexander Toluboff, Stagecoach
• Lyle Wheeler, Gone With the Wind

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Denham Studio Sound Dept., Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Hal Roach Studio Sound Dept., Of Mice and Men
• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Balalaika
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Great Victor Herbert
• Republic Studio Sound Dept., Man of Conquest
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., Gone With the Wind
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The Rains Came
• Universal Studio Sound Dept., When Tomorrow Comes
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Music

• Song
  • "Faithful Forever", Gulliver's Travels, Ralph Rainger, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
  • "I Poured My Heart Into a Song", Second Fiddle, Irving Berlin, music and lyrics
  • "Over the Rainbow", The Wizard of Oz, Harold Arlen, music; E. Y. Harburg, lyrics
  • "Wishing", Love Affair, Buddy de Sylva, music and lyrics
• Score
  • Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange, The Great Victor Herbert
  • Aaron Copland, Of Mice and Men
  • Roger Edens and George E. Stoll, Babes in Arms
  • Cy Feuer, She Married a Cop
  • Lou Forbes, Intermezzo
  • Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken, Stagecoach
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
  • Alfred Newman, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Alfred Newman, They Shall Have Music
  • Charles Previn, First Love
  • Louis Silvers, Swanee River
  • Dimitri Tiomkin, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Victor Young, Way Down South

Original Score

• Anthony Collins, Nurse Edith Cavell
• Aaron Copland, Of Mice and Men
• Lud Gluskin and Lucien Moraweck, The Man in the Iron Mask
• Werner Janssen, Eternally Yours
• Alfred Newman, The Rains Came
• Alfred Newman, Wuthering Heights
• Max Steiner, Dark Victory
• Max Steiner, Gone With the Wind
• Herbert Stothart, The Wizard of Oz
• Victor Young, Golden Boy
• Victor Young, Gulliver's Travels
• Victor Young, Man of Conquest

Film Editing

• Charles Frend, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Gene Havlick and Al Clark, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom, Gone With the Wind
• Otho Lovering and Dorothy Spencer, Stagecoach
• Barbara McLean, The Rains Came

Special Effects

• John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin and Arthur Johns, Gone With the Wind
• Roy Davidson and Edwin C. Hahn, Only Angels Have Wings
• Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Loren Ryder, Union Pacific
• A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer, The Wizard of Oz
• E. H. Hansen and Fred Sersen, The Rains Came
• Byron Haskin and Nathan Levinson, The Private Lives of Elizabeth *and Essex
• Roy Seawright, Topper Takes a Trip

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Detouring America (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros.)
  • Peace on Earth (Hugh Harmon, producer; MGM)
  • The Pointer (Mickey Mouse Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO R adio)
  • The Ugly Duckling (Silly Symphony Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
• One-Reel
  • Busy Little Bears (Paragraphics Series) (Paramount)
  • Information Please (RKO Radio)
  • Prophet Without Honor (Miniature Series) (MGM)
  • Sword Fishing (Vitaphone Variety Series) (Warner Bros.)
• Two-Reel
  • Drunk Driving (Crime Doesn't Pay Series) (MGM)
  • Five Times Five (Path; RKO Radio)
  • Sons of Liberty (Historical Featurette Series) (Warner Bros.)
  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award David O. Selznick

Special Awards

• To Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award) recognizing his unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first president of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture
• To the Motion Picture Relief Fund acknowledging its outstanding services to the industry during the past year and its progressive leadership; presented to Jean Hersholt, president; Ralph Morgan, chairman of the executive committee; Ralph Block, first vice president; and Conrad Nagel
• To Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year
• To William Cameron Menzies for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone With the Wind
• To the Technicolor Company for its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen

Facts:

• Winners Announced: February 29, 1940
• Held at: Cocoanut Grove (Ambassador Hotel)
• Host: Bob Hope
• Eligibility Year: 1939